Sunny Leone in Pooja Bhatt's Jism 2.

Sunny Leone also featured in Ekta Kapoor's Ragini MMS 2.

She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003 and was a contract star for Vivid Entertainment.

Named by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010, Sunny Leone also played roles in independent mainstream films and television shows.

Leone was born Karen Malhotra in Sarnia, Ontario to Sikh Punjabi parents from India

Her father was born in Tibet and raised in Delhi, while her mother was from a small town named Nahan in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh.

Before working in the porn industry, she first worked at a German bakery, a Jiffy Lube, and later a tax and retirement firm.

Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone hopes that with Jism 2, she can at least match the standard that Bipasha Basu set with the prequel. "I have seen her (Bipasha) and she is gorgeous and amazing in the first movie. I hope I can meet up to her standard and not let her down in 'Jism 2'," the 30-year-old said here in an interview.

"I want to do a good job and I hope everybody likes the movie," she added. Sunny took part in Bigg Boss 5, and she got lucky when filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt decided to offer her Jism 2.

She is set to start shooting soon. Bipasha, who made headlines for her steamy scenes in the 2003 film Jism, is sure Sunny will do a good job.

"I don't know her but (Mahesh) Bhatt saab always casts someone who suits the role. So I am sure she will do a good job," said Bipasha. Jism 2 also stars Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh.